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Bounties. — Wildcat, bobcat, or catamount, #5 ; crow, 10 cents ; certain hawks 

 and owls, 25 cents; paid from forest, game, and fish protection fund. 



WISCONSIN. 



Open seasons. — Beaver in Price, Rusk, and Sawyer Counties, February 1 

 to March 31 (1919 and 1920); black bear, November 10 to December 1; fisher, 

 marten, mink, and skunk, November 15 to February 1; raccoon, October 15 to 

 January 1 (except Marathon County, August 15 to January 1) ; bag limit 5 a 

 day; muskrat, in Polk, Barron, Rusk, Price, Lincoln, Langlade, Forest, Mari- 

 nette, Florence, Iron, Oneida, Vilas, Ashland, Washburn, Sawyer, Burnett, Douglas, 

 and Bayfield Counties, October 25 to April 20; in Calumet, Manitowoc, and 

 Sheboygan Counties, March 1 to April 15; in remainder of State, October 25 to 

 April 10. 



Trapping. — License required for trapping; fee, resident, $1; nonresident, 

 #25 ; report required from licensed trapper. Unlawful to take fisher, marten, mink, 

 or muskrat with the aid of spear, gun, or dog; to take rabbit with ferret; to 

 disturb or molest muskrat houses, or beaver houses or beaver dams, or raccoon 

 den trees for the purpose of capturing raccoons; or to set traps within 500 feet of 

 any beaver dam or beaver house. Steel traps may be used for taking fur animals 

 in open season. The possession of green skins of any fur-bearing animal during 

 close season is unlawful, as is also the possession at any time of the skin of a fisher, 

 marten, mink, or muskrat which shows that the animal had been shot or speared. 



Owners or lessees of dams may at any time destroy muskrats to protect 

 such dams or levees, but they may not sell, barter, or give away the skins of such 

 animals killed during close season. 



Beavers and otters are protected at all times except beavers in 3 counties. 

 If beavers damage property, they may be captured and removed under the direc- 

 tion of the State conservation commission. 



Propagation. — Under permit and supervision of the commission wild animals 

 may be taken and transported for propagation within the State. Special license 

 required for muskrat farming (fee, #5, and 1 cent per acre for all premises in excess 

 of 500 acres covered by the license). 



Bounties. — Wolf cub taken between March 1 and November I, $4; mature 

 wolf killed at any time, $10; fox, $2; paid by county. County boards may in- 

 crease these rewards, but no county may pay more than #6 for killing a wolf cub. 

 The State treasurer duplicates all county awards, thus doubling the above bounties. 

 Poisons may be used for destroying animals for bounty between December 1 and 

 March 1, but notice of putting out baits must be posted, and they may not be 

 placed within 80 rods of a dwelling house. County boards may offer bounty on 



